Windows Server 2008 R2 Portal

Designed to power the next generation of networks, applications, and Web services, Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2008 operating systems help you develop, deliver, and manage rich user experiences and applications, provide a highly secure network infrastructure, and increase technological efficiency within your organization. More about Windows Server 2008 R2...

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Documentation

Roles

Active Directory Certificate Services	Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) Clustering
	Active Directory Certificate Services Learning Roadmap Community Edition
	AD CS Security Guidance
	Certificate Chaining Engine (CCE)
	Certificate Enrollment Web Services in Active Directory Certificate Services
	Certificate Templates Not Available for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Certificate Recipients using Certificate Enrollment Web Services
	Certification Authority Authentication-Level Incompatible with Windows XP
	Configuring Certificate Template: "A Certificate could not be created. A private key could not be created."
	Credential Roaming
	Deploying AD CS Using Windows PowerShell
	How to Use the Certificates Console
	Incompatible with Windows Server 2008 Enterprise (Version 3 or V3) Certificate Templates
	LDAP over SSL (LDAPS) Certificate
	Renew OCSP signing certificate
Active Directory Domain Services	Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) Overview
	Active Directory Logon Failure: The Target Account Name Is Incorrect (DsForum2wiki)
	Directory Service: NETLOGON missing after a restore
	How to Disable SSLv2 on a Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Domain Controller (dsforum2wiki)
	How the NextClosestSiteFilter Works
	How to Prevent Authenticated Users from Joining Workstations to a Domain
	How To Revert Back or downgrade Windows Server 2008 R2 Forest and Domain functional Level
	Possible Error messages on Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Domain Controllers
	Step-by-Step Guide to Install an Additional Domain Controller by Using IFM
Active Directory Federation Services
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS)
Application Server
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Server	How to Easily change a DHCP's Scope Subnet
	Step-by-Step Migration DHCP from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008 R2 with Windows Server Migration Tools
DNS Server
Fax Server
File Services	Cannot assign new Shares on windows cluster file servers
	List of Released Hotfixes for Server Message Block (SMB) [also known as Common Internet File System (CIFS)] Client Components for Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
	The Case of the Mysterious Preseeding Conflicts
Hyper-V™ (Hyper-V Portal)	How to Compact a Dynamic VHD with Diskpart
	Hyper-V: About Live Migration
	Hyper-V: How to Back Up Hyper-V VMs from the Host Using Windows Server Backup
	Hyper-V: How to Configure Server Core Using SCONFIG
	Hyper-V: Survival Guide
	Hyper-V: Upgrade Hyper-V 2008 R2 to Windows Server 2012
	Hyper-V: Upgrade Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V to R2
	Hyper-V Portal
	Linux Integration Services v2.1 for Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V R2 Readme
	List of Hyper-V Packages Updated After the Release of Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1)
	wvms_pp.inf
Network Policy and Access Services
Print and Document Services
Remote Desktop Services	Common WS08 R2 Remote Desktop Services Error Messages
	How to Enable Desktop Composition (aka Aero Glass Visual Themes) in Remote Desktop Sessions
	How to Troubleshoot "Logon Attempt Failed" Messages When Connecting through RD Gateway
	Publishing Applications in a WS08 R2 RD Session Host Farm
	SBS 2011: Terminal Server/RDS Role
Web Server (IIS)	IIS 7 installation fails on Windows Server 2008/R2 following the error message Windows must be reinstalled.
Windows Deployment Services	Adding Drivers to Boot Images in WDS
	Creating a Capture Image in WDS
	How WDS Multicast Works?
Windows Server Update Services

Features

.NET Framework 3.5.1
Background Intelligent Transfer Service
BitLocker Drive Encryption
BranchCache	BranchCache Settings for Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7 Enterprise, and Windows 7 Ultimate
Connection Manager Administration Kit
Desktop Experience
Direct Access Management Console	Why Microsoft DirectAccess Represents a Real Paradigm Shift
Failover Clustering	Enabling the Failover Clustering Feature on Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core
	List of Cluster Hotfixes for Windows Server 2008 R2
	List of Failover Cluster Packages Updated After the Release of Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1)
	Microsoft-Windows-FailoverCluster-ClientCore
Group Policy Management	Active Directory: How to Block USB Devices (dsforum2wiki)
	Advanced Security Auditing in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
	How to Configure an Open With Preference Group Policy Item
	How to Force Proxy Settings Via Group Policy
	How to Prevent Users from Connecting to a USB Storage Device by Group Policy
	Viewing Group Policy Settings with "gpresult" Command
Ink and Handwriting Services
Internet Printing Client
Internet Storage Name Server
LPR Port Monitor
Message Queuing	How to Install MSMQ on a Windows Server 2008 R2 Failover Cluster
Multipath I/O
Network Load Balancing	List of NLB-Related Hotfixes for Windows Server 2008 R2
Peer Name Resolution Protocol
Quality Windows Audio Video Experience (qWave)
Remote Assistance
Remote Differential Compression
Remote Server Administration Tools	Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Support Tools (dsforum2wiki)
RPC Over HTTP Proxy
Services for Network File System
Simple TCP/IP Services
SMTP Server
SNMP Services
Storage Manager for SANs
Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications
Telnet Client	Attempt to install telnet client failed with error code 0x80070643. Fatal error during installation
Telnet Server
Trivial File Transfer Protocol Client
Windows Biometric Framework
Windows Internal Database
Windows Process Activation Service
Windows Server Backup Features	Can I Boot from a VHD Created by Windows Server Backup?
	Compatibility Issues between Windows Server Backup and NTBackup Utility
	How to Find Out which Files and Folders have been Backed Up by Using Windows Server Backup Utility
	Using Windows Server Backup Tool Requires a User with Local Administrator or Local Backup Operator Credential
	Windows Server Backup Does not Support Backing Up Shared Folders or Mapped Network
	Windows Server Backup Tool and Its Relation to Windows Event Log Service
	When I List the Wbadmin Commands at a Command Prompt, I do not See Some of the Commands that are Referenced in the Documentation
Windows Server Migration Tools
Windows System Resource Manager
WinRM IIS Extension
Windows Internet Name Service Server
Windows Internal Database
Windows PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE)
Windows TIFF iFilter
Wireless LAN Service
XPS Viewer